Lantern attachment.



W. W. EASTMAN.

LANTERN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1913.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

W 71 Ea/GiIII/a/Iz/ ll STATES WALTER W. EASTMAN, OF HILL, NEW HAMPSHIRE,ASSIGNOR TO FRANK R. WOODWAR-D, OF HILL, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

LANTERN ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9,1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VALTER W. EASTMAN, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Hill, in the countyof Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new anduseful improvements in Lantern Attachments, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in lanternattachments and more particularly to a signal attachment therefori theobject being to provide an attachment which is so constructed that thesame will adjust itself to any sized lantern, thereby enabling theattachment to be used in connection with various styles of lanterns.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment whichcomprises a plate carrying a colored glass or bulls-eye, havingattaching members pivotally carried thereby for securing the same, inposition upon the tubes of the lantern frame in order to provide asignal lantern which is especially adapted to be used on a vehicle forthe side or rear lamp.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which isexceedingly simple and cheap in construction and one in which theattaching members can be folded so as to lie fiat, thereby enabling theattachment to be folded into compact form for shipping or transportationpurposes.

T am aware that I am not the first to provide a signal attachment for alantern having means for securing the same to the frame of the lantern;but in devices of this character previously constructed, the device wasnot provided with grasping or attaching members which would expand orcontract to fit any sized lantern, nor were means provided for allowingsaid members to be folded for shipping purposes.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by theappended claims.

In the drawings-Figure 1, is a perspective view of a lantern showing theapplication of my improved attachment thereto and Fig. 2, is aperspective view of the attach-- ment detached.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

In t 1e drawings 1 indicates a sheet metal l i E l plate formed of anysuitable metal having a central opening 2 over which is arranged acolored glass 8 which is secured in position by bending the upper andlower edges of the plate back upon itself, as clearly shown at 4: and 5;the central portion being slightly offset as shOWn at 6 forming acentral pocket to receive the ends of the plate 3 so as to preventlongitudinal movement of the plate after being placed in position. Theside edges of the plate are bent back upon itself as shown at 7 to forma finished edge. The bent back portion 4; of the plat-e 1 forms an eyein which the connecting bar of a substantially U-shaped spring frame 8is pivotally mounted; said frame being provided with coil portions 9 inorder to allow the free ends to expand to accommodate different sizedlanterns and the free ends of said frame are provided with substantiallysemi-circular portions 10 which are adapted to embrace the verticaltubes of the lantern frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

It will be seen that by mounting the wire frame within the eye of theplate in this manner, it can be folded fiat upon the plate when not inuse. The bent back portion 5 at the lower edge of the plate forms an eyein which the connecting member of the substantially U-shaped frame 11 ispivot-ally mounted; said frame being provided with coil portions 12 andthe free ends thereof are provided with substantially U-shaped portions13 slightly twisted as shown, to embrace the tubes of the lantern frameat the junction of the vertical and horizontal tubes thereof and wheninserted in position thereon, they are subjected to a twist in order toexert torsional stress so as to hold the plate in position, as shown inFig. 1, thereby preventing the same from moving in an way. It will beseen by this construction, that by changing the angles of the frames 8and 11, the plate can be held at the desired distance from the globe ofthe lantern as by spreading the free ends of the frames, the plate willbe drawn toward the globe or by moving the same together, or intoparallelism and the plate will be forced away from the globe and thisenables frames formed of fixed sizes to be applied to any sized lantern.

The coil portions 9 and 10 of the frames 8 and 11 prevent longitudinalmovement of the connecting bars of the frame within the tachment for alantern with a pair of piv otally mounted spring frames having grippingportions at the free ends thereof capable of gripping the frame of alantern in such a manner as to hold the signal plate firmly in positionthereon without any dan ger of the plate being accidentally detached bythe jolting of the vehicle to which it is attached, and this attachmentis especially adapted to be used in connection with a lantern holder asdisclosed in my Patent $21,042,898, granted to me October 29, 1912.

By constructing an attachment as herein before set forth,.the same canbe attached to a lantern carried by various forms of holders withoutinterfering with the support in any way.

I claim:

1. A signal attachment for lanterns comprising a plate having anopening, a pocket formed on said plate to each side of said opening, asignal glass arranged over said opening in said pockets, and a pair ofspring frames pivotally mounted upon said plate, said frames beingprovided with gripping portions at their free ends for engaging theframe of a lantern.

2. An attachment for lanterns compris ing a plate having an opening, aglass arranged CV61 said opening, the upper and lower edges of saidplate being bent back upon the glass, said bent-back portions forminghorizontal eyes, and spring frames mounted in said eyes having grippingpor tions at their free ends for engaging the frame of a lantern.

3. A lantern attachment comprising a signal plate having its upper andlower edges 45 bent back to form eyes, said bent-back portions beingolfset to form pockets, said plate having an opening formed thereinbetween said pockets, a glass arranged in said pockets, substantiallyU-shaped spring frames pivotally mounted in said eyes, the

free ends of said frame being provided with l gripping portions forengaging the frame of a lantern.

l. A lantern attaclnuent comprising a sigframe, the free ends of theother frame being provided with substantially U-shaped portions arrangedat an angle to the semicircular shaped portions, and subjected to atorsional stress when placed in position upon a lantern frame.

5. A lantern attachment comprising a plate having its edges turned backupon itself and provided with a central opening, a signal glass arrangedover said opening and secured in position thereon by two of thebent-back edges thereof wire frames arranged under the bent-backportions of said plate, having coil portions and provided at their freeends with gripping portions for engaging the frame of a lantern.

in testimony whereof I a'HiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VALTER V. EASTMAN.

lVitnesses HENRY A. BURDE'r'r, IVERNA GRADY.

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